Lake Lewisia #402

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He escaped over to the neighbor girl’s house whenever he could, retreating from a household that never seemed to understand to one that never even thought to question him. Mrs. and Mrs. Reeves-Banks never told him he was too old for imaginary friends, and no one looked at him funny if he asked for an extra sandwich for the backyard ghost, and he and Cara were both allowed to use the family’s crystal ball as long as they were very careful and put it back on its velvet cushion when they were done. When he eventually became public about his psychic abilities, plenty of people claimed not to be surprised, but the Reeves-Banks home was the only place he never had to explain anything at all.

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